Word: farleyism
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Grassy Point, N. Y., birthplace of Postmaster General James Aloysius Farley...
...humble Hotel Lexington, Inc., Hitz is promoting the new Belmont Plaza to a fare-thee-well. First move was to install a slick new cabaret called the Glass Hat which cost over $200,000 and opened last October with Postmaster General James Farley among those present. Ralph Hitz, meanwhile, is in the process of spending $100,000 dolling up the lobby and coffee shop and will soon start redecorating the bedrooms. Last week he put up a new marquee which burns 12,000 watts per hour and virtually eclipses that of the Lexington...
...names of the presidents of those colleges could be given by more than a fraction of the number of college undergraduates. Some rather conclusive proof to the contrary was given at a recent dinner here in Cambridge at which an uninitiated Harvard undergraduate remarked on the presence of James Farley...
...remarked this to a friend nearby, feeling rather superior because of his prowess in recognizing the face of one of the higher-ups in the government. The indulgent laugh of the other after looking at the person indicated failed to ruffle him, and he continued to point out Farley to his other neighbors at the table. With similar effect...
...Washington Cartoonist James T. Berryman (see cut, p. 15). The mural shows the President at the centre having his picture taken, while Harry Hopkins and James Roosevelt welcome arrivals into a New Deal Heaven. Cherubs above the President's head are Vice President Garner and Postmaster General Farley. In the right hand corner Herbert Hoover, with pitchfork, smiles at Alf Landon on the brink of a fiery pit containing Al Smith...